Otiorhynchus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin ōtium n (“leisure; free time”) +‎ Ancient Greek ῥῠ́γχος n (rhŭ́nkhos, “nose”). Despite the root word ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos) being a neuter noun, it resembles Latin -us, and so has taken the masculine grammatical gender.

Proper noun

Otiorhynchus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.
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